Sec 32-3274. Licensure by endorsement

A. The board may issue a license by endorsement to a person in that person's particular behavioral health profession if the person is licensed or certified by the regulatory agency of one or more other states at an equivalent or higher practice level as determined by the board, pays the fee prescribed by the board and meets all of the following requirements:

1. The person is currently licensed or certified in behavioral health by the regulatory agency of one or more other states and each license or certification is current and in good standing.

2. The person has been licensed or certified in the discipline applied for and at the same practice level as determined by the board for a minimum of three years.

3. The person was engaged in the practice of behavioral health in one or more states issuing the license or certification used by the person to qualify for a license by endorsement pursuant to this section for a minimum of three thousand six hundred hours in a period of not more than five years prior to applying for licensure by endorsement. The three thousand six hundred hours must be in the discipline and at least in the practice level for which the person is applying. A person who was engaged in the practice of behavioral health while appointed under 38 United States Code section 7402(b)(9), (10) or (11) or a person who meets the licensure requirements of 10 United States Code section 1094 and performs authorized duties for the United States department of defense may submit behavioral health practice outside the state or states issuing the license or certification.

4. The person passed an examination required for the license sought pursuant to article 5, 6, 7 or 8 of this chapter.

5. The person meets the basic requirements for licensure prescribed by section 32-3275.

6. The person submits to the board a notarized affidavit listing every jurisdiction in the United States in which the person has been licensed or certified in the practice of behavioral health and any disciplinary action taken by any regulatory agency or any instance in which a license has been surrendered in lieu of discipline and verification of licensure or certification from every state in which the person is licensed or certified for the particular health profession for which the person applies.

B. In addition to the requirements of subsection A of this section, a person seeking license by endorsement for the following practice levels must have earned a master's or higher degree in the applicable field of practice granted by a regionally accredited college or university:

1. Licensed clinical social worker.

2. Licensed professional counselor.

3. Licensed marriage and family therapist.

4. Licensed independent substance abuse counselor.

C. Except for licenses by endorsement issued in the practice levels prescribed in subsection B of this section, a person issued a license pursuant to this section shall practice behavioral health only under the direct supervision of a licensee.

D. The board by rule may prescribe a procedure to issue licenses pursuant to this section.